Russia's mission in the Arab world is far from finished

By Farid Farid
Updated December 13 2017 - 3:38pm, first published 3:32pm

Cairo: Flanked by army officials, two strongmen - Russia's Vladimir Putin and Egypt's Abdel Fattah el-Sissi - stood motionless, peering over their respective energy ministers as they signed a deal to build a nuclear power plant to the tune of $US21 billion ($27 billion).

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